PhD Opportunities in Metabolism

The Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) at the University of Cologne offers a structured doctoral programme in the highly interdisciplinary field of ageing biology. It is run in cooperation with the CECAD Cluster of Excellence, University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research. The programme is designed to train a new generation of biomedical scientists focused on the basic biology of ageing and on trans...

The Endocrine Pathophysiology Group at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), in collaboration with CIBEROBN, is inviting applications for predoctoral and postdoctoral contracts in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Successful candidates will join research in endocrinology, nutrition, and metabolism. Research topics include new therapeutic targets for obesity and diabetes; animal models, cell cultures, and metabolic phenotyping; molecular mechanisms of the brain-g...

The Medical University of Vienna is recruiting candidates for salaried PhD studentships in Vienna, Austria, across AI, imaging and interdisciplinary biomedical research. PhD candidates will join one of 18 PhD programmes and work with international researchers, clinicians and, where relevant, industry partners. Available projects span artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical informatics and imaging; immunology; neuroscience; endocrinology and metabolism; and vascular biology. Topics inc...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship; tuition fees paid directly to the University; stipend £21,805 per year (2026/27); Research Training Support Grant £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia on A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours . This project investigates how age-related mutations in blood stem cells may do more than simply give mutant cells a growth advantage: the work sugge...

The University of Edinburgh is advertising postgraduate research study in Cardiovascular Science , offering both PhD and MScR routes through the Centre for Cardiovascular Science in the School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences. This programme is designed for highly motivated candidates with relevant research experience and a strong interest in cardiovascular physiology and disease. Research spans fundamental discovery science, translational work, and clinical studies, with major themes...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees paid directly to the university, a stipend of £21,805 per year (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship: Watching a fungus fight back: mapping antimicrobial resistance in 3-D as it happens at the University of East Anglia is an interdisciplinary doctoral project exploring how fungi respond in the hours after exposure to non-lethal chemic...

13 fully funded PhD studentships are available at the Medical University of Vienna through its recurring international call across 18 doctoral programmes. The positions span a wide interdisciplinary research environment linking clinical, experimental, and computational approaches to medical problems, with projects in AI/ML, bioinformatics, medical imaging, immunology, neuroscience, endocrinology and metabolism, and vascular biology . These PhD opportunities are designed for early-stage researche...

PhD position in the Artegiani & Hendriks group at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, Netherlands. This project focuses on human liver function and disease, with an emphasis on metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), liver metabolism, and mechanisms that may contribute to liver cancer. The research uses human organoids, CRISPR-Cas tools, single-cell RNA sequencing, and advanced imaging to study liver biology in relevant in vitro models. The pos...

PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine) on how endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from plastic pollution affect pancreatic β-cells. This project sits at the intersection of environmental science , biology , and medical science , with a strong focus on metabolic disease , type 2 diabetes , glucose metabolism , and insulin secretion . The research aims to uncover the molecular mechanis...